Middlesex Sessions:
General Orders of the Court
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3rd May 1753 - 15th September 1757

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the Imprisonment to be till the next Sessions, unless sooner passed when the justice
may upon sending down the Pass determine the Imprisonment and also promote
the regular Conveyance of such Vagrants by the Contractor according to the said
Proposal.

And it is farther recommended to the said Justices to be punctual in sending to the
next Sessions Duplicates of the Passes and Examinations as is by Law required in
order that incorrigible Rogues may be the easier convicted and punished as the
Law directs.

And it is hereby ordered that the keeper of Bridewell do in a proper Book
outer the Christian and Sirnames alphabetically of all Vagabonds that shall
for the future be committed to his Custody together with the time of Commitment
the Place of Settlement their Age and such brief Description of their Persons
as may enable him or his Agent to recollect any Person who shall be a second
time committed for the like Offence; upon Discovery of which the keeper or his
Agent is hereby required to apply to the committing Magistrate for a Detainer
untill the next Sessions as an incorrigible Rogue and then that the Keeper do
produce such Prisoner in order to be convicted as an incorrigible Rogue and
upon such Conviction the said Keeper shall have an Order of the Court upon the
Treasurer of the County to be paid the sum ofas a Reward
for the Detection and Conviction of such incorrigible Rogue.

And it is farther Ordered that the Clerk of the Peace do cause Five Hundred
Copies of the Report in April last with the said Proposal and Resolutions
of this Court thereupon to be printed and that one of such Copies be delivered
by the Cryer of this Court to each of the Justices of this County and also of
the City and Liberty of Westminster .

Etc

By the Court
Waller




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